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REMEMBER: when cards are cut poorly, hidden information becomes known. So keep this in mind when designing for cut cards.

Rules must be brief, but playable.

Submission Requirements

For each submission, you will need to send the following to buttonshycontest@gmail.com.

Pitch Video (5 minutes or less)

You will need to provide a link to a video elevator pitch of your game including gameplay examples. This video can be hosted either on your own site or a public one like YouTube or Vimeo.

Rules

You will need to provide a link to a complete rules document that is sufficient for a reader to learn to play the game. The rules can be hosted on either your own site, or a public one like Dropbox or Google Drive.

Game Description

Including Game Title, Player Count, Estimated Play Time, Recommended Ages (if any), Brief Description of the gameplay and theme (if any).

Print and Play

A print and play copy of the game. It doesn't need to be pretty.

Contact Information

Additional Restrictions

Designs must be original works that do not infringe on any intellectual property. All submissions must not be publicly available through any retail, secondary or print-on-demand market and may not be currently under consideration for publication by other publishers.Designers must be 18 years or older to enter.

While designs need not have final artwork or graphics, they should be complete and usable. All designs remain the intellectual property of the designers.

There's a theory: if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There's another theory: this has already happened.

Great to see the contest back, only smaller!

Curious, though, how a 9-card game and a 9-card game will have 18 cards in total to snugly fit a buttonshy wallet.

There's a theory: if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There's another theory: this has already happened.

Another question: If I want to make my game last several rounds, can I assume that players can keep track of (single-digit) scores themselves? Or would I need to have a way to track them with components?

Another question: If I want to make my game last several rounds, can I assume that players can keep track of (single-digit) scores themselves? Or would I need to have a way to track them with components?

Let me ask the team on this. My gut goes to the ANYTHING GOES category since it requires tracking and you can use pen and paper in that category. If we set a fine line there it might be best. But if it's doable with just memory, and you wouldn't even use pen and paper then CARDS ONLY is probably best.

Thanks Charles! Previously made/entered is fine, as long as it isn't published or signed. I'm sure there are awesome things on that list, but I don't want to influence anything. I'm just one of many judges. Now to go check out that contest..